A common talking point about climate change gets it all wrong, new study says

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By Kate YoderApr 21, 2023, 3:00 pm146 ptsTrending
Common wisdom says that the average person doesn’t care about climate change because they think its effects will unfold in the far-off future or in faraway places. So to get them to do something, you have to make those effects — the floods, the heat, the fires — feel immediate and personal. This point is…

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